#196E8A#196E8A

#196E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.088 H 225.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196E8A
RGB	rgb(25, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.05, -14.14, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.05, 26.42, 237.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.31% -0.0614 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(50.31% 0.088 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5624, 13.1922, 26.0295)
Luminance	0.1319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196E8A #8A3519

analogous

#198A6E #196E8A #19368A

triadic

#196E8A #8A196E #6E8A19

tetradic

#196E8A #6E198A #8A3519 #368A19

square

#196E8A #6E198A #8A3519 #368A19

split-complementary

#196E8A #8A1936 #8A6E19

monochromatic

#061B22 #104556 #196E8A #2297BE #41B6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#196E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#196E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196E8A

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196E8A	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50618A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.088 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a97ac',
    500: '#196e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196e8a;
$custom-light: #6a97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.867,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50313,
    "c": 0.08776,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196E8A

secondary

#BD6042

accent

#673CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196E8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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